Nigeria Army Probes Recent Boko Haram Attacks

The Nigerian Musicians Army on Sunday said it has started a probe into recent strikes by Boko Haram militants which claimed dozens of lives of lives capital of northeast Borno state, near Maiduguri.

At least 85 people died when insurgents torched a village on January 30 and stormed, the jihadist group had been Naija news online today mainly defeated by the next strike in four days defying the claim Nigeria of President Muhammadu Buhari.

"The recent unfortunate attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on communities close to Maiduguri, despite our successes, call for anxiety," the The Nigeria Police Force army said.

"The Nigerian Army has already commenced investigation into the assaults... All cases of indiscipline and related acts of misconduct including human rights abuse in the operations will be tried by the Special Court Martial," said the statement said, without clarifying what the probe was investigating.

Tens of thousands of people have fled their houses near Maiduguri for Nigerian Army Recruitment 2016 2017 the capital and several are afraid to return, despite government assurances of the safety, following the recent assaults.

Buhari in December asserted that Nigeria had mostly won the fight against Boko Haram, but since then the militants have killed dozens in suicide attacks and raids, including across the Naijagists / border in Cameroon.

Rights group Amnesty International has also accused the military itself of committing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in the course of its operations against the group.

Boko Haram, which seeks a hardline Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has killed some 17,000 people and forced more than 2.6 million others to flee their homes since the beginning of its insurgency in 2009.